The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of orphans and vulnerable children’s parents/guardians about the effectiveness of Future Families’ children programme in Olievenhoutbosch as a way to explore how much they are involved in the process of designing the programme activities and if they perceive the programme as effective in responding to their family needs.

This review aims to provide social workers with a resource to guide their decision‐making by evaluating both the benefits and risks associated with open adoption.

Summary

In this study, the social network assessment instrument (Blakeslee, 2015) was used to better understand the support networks of youth participants in a college-readiness program aimed at increasing graduation rates and post-secondary transitions for youth in foster care.

The purpose of the present study was to examine how maltreatment chronicity and coping style were associated with internalizing, externalizing, and psychiatric hospitalizations, and whether coping style moderated the relation between maltreatment chronicity and mental health in a sample of foster adolescents.

This presentation explores the structures and programs one university system is creating for college students emerging from foster care (SEFC).

This presentation will begin in the form of a story—a story of a real, in the human flesh person who came into the foster care system as a victim of abuse and neglect and left as a college graduate and continued her success as a social worker, child advocate, Statewide Youth Advisory Board Coordinator, and educator.

This study investigates tensions between stated goals and experiences of foster care, from the perspective of (formerly) fostered youth.

The authors of this study conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of a parent group training tailored to the special needs of foster families.

This presentation will offer practical approaches to navigating systems in order to provide a consistent continuum of care for children involved in the foster care system.